Pierre Akendengue is one of the great mas­ters of con­tem­po­rary African music, and has been that for nearly four decades.

Vigego is a song writ­ten by Akendengue and it is on the b-side of Epuguzu 12″. I think this could be defined as Zouk music (and a fusion of many other styles), which means “party” or “fes­ti­val”. In Africa, it is very pop­u­lar style of rhythm music in fran­coph­one countries.

A-side (Epuguzu) is what could be described as “afro cos­mic”. Very suit­able mate­r­ial for cos­mic remix/edit. But more of that later…

It seems that Epuguzu 12″ is quite high­priced at discogs mar­ket­place. How did the record end up here, the Arc­tic Cir­cle, that I don’t know. I was just damn lucky to get it for 1€ from local flea market.

Akendengue — Vigego (1983)

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